What your child did/said that made you smile today.

Darthhoob

i was trying to explain to my 7 year old that huskys were not wolves but a breed of dog that still look like wolves. and that ALL dogs are BRED from wolves. generation after generation....etc

he then asked me if they are bred, can they be eaten and do they make good sandwiches :pac:

Hotblack Desiato

A couple of weeks ago I was giving our 20 month old some cough medicine (ok not really medicine but that homeo-whatsit stuff with honey and lemon, so maybe the honey and lemon would do some good... anyway)

Now mammy did warn me that this stuff was very runny - not like the Calpol or Nurofen that you'd nearly have to heat over a flame to get it into the spoon. So I was warned, but I still managed to spill it onto her grobag, this stuff is a yukky brown colour as well.

Herself looked at me, looked down disapprovingly, looked me in the eye again and said:

"DADDY DID THAT"

l3m0n5

When I was giving out to my 18 month old for throwing a cup he started winking at me (both eyes) until I smiled then he gave me a hug. He has me wrapped around his little finger.

TargetWidow

ninja900 wrote: »

Herself looked at me, looked down disapprovingly, looked me in the eye again and said:
"DADDY DID THAT"

Wouldn't they hang you!

TargetWidow

DD 21mths was singing her teddy to sleep tonight and I could hear her on the monitor.... singing "Turkey Time" to the tune of Chuggington, then pretending her teddy was crying and saying " 's ok Teddy, no cry, 's ok" over and over so soothingly. Was bawling on the couch.:D

Nevyn

They both bawled at the dr who finale, thier Dr is gone replaced by a new one and they were both sad and we all hugged and cried, talked through it and they have gone to bed.

2SWEET

My five year old told me she was colouring in a wigmawam:D

Myksyk

As if to justify getting medicine for a chest infection from her GP this morning my 20 month old daughter kept calling me and then doing fake little coughs. You can't get enough of those small little smile moments.

metrovelvet

Said "thank you mommy" for the first time without having to be reminded.

Ickle Magoo

The wee man pretending to do weightlifting with a set of lego wheels - priceless! :pac:

Princessa

My 9 week old did a huge, loud fart. i laughed and told her she was a dirty girl and she smiled up at me or like 20seconds as i to say do you think i care... hehe

Snowman123

My brilliant 9 and a half month old taking his first steps!

I put him against the door held out my arms and asked him to come to Mammy. Instead he decided he wanted the phone on the couch and took 5 proper steps alone and got it himself. So proud!!!!

TargetWidow

She sang a song tonight at bedtime that I wrote especially for her the night she was born, called The Molly Song. I didn't know she knew it all. I usually sing it for her at bedtime and tonight she joined in. I am here with tears streaking down my face to have heard her sing about how wonderful and calm and bright she is.:D

January

Addison took her first steps on Saturday unaided or un cheered along (not a word!). She was pushing her ride along car around the room and just let go and walked over to the sofa. I was sitting on the sofa in tears, didn't want to shout "hurray!!!" in case I scared her and she fell lol. She's been proudly walking around the room since! Hasn't ventured further yet though!

She also now officially has eight teeth, two bottom and six top all in a row! So cute!

metrovelvet

After the fourth day of unsuccessful potty training he asked if he could put on a pamper.

lynski

14mth old decided 3yr old was not getting up fast enough after their nap so she went out to the kitchen pulled some underpants from the laundry basket (clean!) and brought them in to her brother. Only problem was they were daddys!

January

The unborn one was playing games with Daddy last night. Would kick in one place and then when himself put his hand to feel the next kick it would kick in a completely different place. Went on for about half an hour. Was hilarious!

Chet T16

Ok, so its wind but it cracked me up

January

It was hilarious the first time I saw it Chet and it's still hilarious now!

am i bovvered

I've never read this thread before.... brings me back !
Mine are a lot later on in their childhood but today...
My daughter 11 stood up to a girl who has been picking on her very timid friend.
My son 15 stood by his friend who has "come out", despite getting hassle from his classmates.
Today I am feeling very proud of both of them

January

am i bovvered wrote: »

I've never read this thread before.... brings me back !
Mine are a lot later on in their childhood but today...
My daughter 11 stood up to a girl who has been picking on her very timid friend.
My son 15 stood by his friend who has "come out", despite getting hassle from his classmates.
Today I am feeling very proud of both of them

Fair play to both your son and daughter.

lolly22

It's not something mine did but something i read

It´s for the moms.


I was out walking with my 4-year-old daughter. She picked up something off of the ground and started to put it in her mouth.

I took the item away from her and I asked her not to do that.
'Why?' my daughter asked.

'Because it's been on the ground; you don't know where it's been, it'sdirty, And probably has germs,' I replied.

At this point, my daughter looked at me with total admiration and asked,'Mum, how do you know all this stuff? You are so smart.'

I was thinking quickly and replied, 'All mums know this stuff. It's onthe Mum Test. You have to know it, or they don't let you be a Mum.'

We walked along in silence for 2 or 3 minutes, but she was evidentlypondering this new information.

'Oh.....I get it!' she beamed, 'So if you don't pass the test you haveto be the dad.'

'Exactly,' I replied with a big smile on my face.

deisemum

am i bovvered wrote: »

I've never read this thread before.... brings me back !
Mine are a lot later on in their childhood but today...
My daughter 11 stood up to a girl who has been picking on her very timid friend.
My son 15 stood by his friend who has "come out", despite getting hassle from his classmates.
Today I am feeling very proud of both of them

Well done to them, just shows that they've got great moral compasses and well done to you for rearing them to be decent people.

we'llallhavetea_old

the other day me and my daughter were messin, tickling and horsing around. she was giggling away and the next thing she broke down into hysterics, and then she says "oh mammy, THE FACE ON YA!". thanks rach!

also she is doing horseriding lessons and last saturday she did so well i almost cried, so proud of her

Nevyn

lolly22 wrote: »

It's not something mine did but something i read

It´s for the moms.

I was out walking with my 4-year-old daughter. She picked up something off of the ground and started to put it in her mouth.

I took the item away from her and I asked her not to do that.
'Why?' my daughter asked.

'Because it's been on the ground; you don't know where it's been, it'sdirty, And probably has germs,' I replied.

At this point, my daughter looked at me with total admiration and asked,'Mum, how do you know all this stuff? You are so smart.'

I was thinking quickly and replied, 'All mums know this stuff. It's on the Mum Test. You have to know it, or they don't let you be a Mum.'

We walked along in silence for 2 or 3 minutes, but she was evidently pondering this new information.

'Oh.....I get it!' she beamed, 'So if you don't pass the test you have to be the dad.'

'Exactly,' I replied with a big smile on my face.

It's cute but I have to call it as being sexist and unsupportive of Dad's in general. This is the parenting forum for Mams and Dads and it has to be equally supportive of both.

We Mam's do expect Dad's to get as hands on as possible with our kids and for some of them it will be hard as their father's didn't and modern active invovled parenting is something which can be hard for them to get a grasp on.

Having two well rounded parents who are (post breast feeding) interchangeable is the best thing for a kid, yes parents will have different styles and there are differences in the examples a Dad and a Mam provide for a child in gender roles but when it comes to the every day hands on caring and the most basic things ideally Mam and Dad should be the same.

This is best for the child and for the parents as the burden of childcare is not placed on one of them and it's better for them in terms of stress and the impact it can have on their relationship.

Not being a good Mam makes you a Dad, sorry I can't get behind that even as a joke.

Nevyn

My kids have taken to leaving notes for me on my desk infront of the pc monitor.
I never know what to expect, from a note asking me a question to a book left open on
a page for me to read cos they think I might want to know or sweet or a lollipop left
for me as I was not in the house when they wanted to share.

I came home yesterday after being out for the day to find a book open on a page about
puffles, a postit requesting cheese sandwhiches for lunch and two 'last' rollos.

Pimp Ninja

Missed it myself, but was absolutely chuffed to hear about it.

I left for work this morning before the munchkin got up (18 months old). I was on the phone to her Mommy at lunch and was told.
After she got up she walked accross the landing at home, she pointed at our bedroom door and said "Daddy, Daddy, Daddy"

di11on

I was travelling over the weekend and the kids were told I'd be home on Sunday.

Apparrently, my eldest daughter (6) was up at the crack of dawn on Sunday morning, wanting to make me a special breakfast... because it was Sunday now, and surely I was home already... poor little thing... I wasn't home till later that evening.

Children are so sweet. Sometimes you just feel so inaquate at expressing to your children how much you love them.

January

di11on wrote: »

I was travelling over the weekend and the kids were told I'd be home on Sunday.

Apparrently, my eldest daughter (6) was up at the crack of dawn on Sunday morning, wanting to make me a special breakfast... because it was Sunday now, and surely I was home already... poor little thing... I wasn't home till later that evening.

Children are so sweet. Sometimes you just feel so inaquate at expressing to your children how much you love them.

That is so cute.

I know what you mean about the expressing love thing. My daughter woke up last night and I was giving her a bottle and she fell back asleep in my arms and this overwhelming feeling of love just hit me like a tonne of bricks. Now, of course I love my child but I don't know what did it to me last night (pregnancy hormones maybe!), but I just sat there in the rocking chair with her asleep on me with tears streaming down my face because I love this little human being so much. My partner didn't know what to think when I came downstairs about an hour later!

deisemum

One of the best things is how they think you're the best mum or dad, unfortunately once they get to around the preteen/teen mark you're then seen as stupid

di11on

deisemum wrote: »

One of the best things is how they think you're the best mum or dad, unfortunately once they get to around the preteen/teen mark you're then seen as stupid

And you're the biggest/strongest too... even when you're definitely not :-)

Khannie

I said smile.....This is what she did....

Ickle Magoo

I got woken up with a big half empty box of chocs from two small peoples with chocolate all over their faces, lol. I rue the day we took down that stair gate! :pac:

littlebug

My eldest told me that I'm a brilliant artist "as good as... whatisname that did the mona Lisa" She then said that me and Mrbug could stay in bed this morning and she and her brother would get themselves up/ breakfast.

The younger seemed to miss that memo

Imhof Tank

We received a home made valentines card from 7 year old on Sunday with the following verse

Roses are red
Violets are blue
No one hates you

phelixoflaherty

Put petrol in the car

Quality

My little fella amazes me he is so cute and clever. he is 15 months, anyhow I was getting him ready thismorning and he had done a poo, I left the nappy in a nappy bag out on the landing to dispose of outside.

He found it, picked it up and brought it into the bin in my ensuite and put it in the bin!!

Hopefully he will always be this neat and tidy!!:)

January

Quality wrote: »

My little fella amazes me he is so cute and clever. he is 15 months, anyhow I was getting him ready thismorning and he had done a poo, I left the nappy in a nappy bag out on the landing to dispose of outside.

He found it, picked it up and brought it into the bin in my ensuite and put it in the bin!!

Hopefully he will always be this neat and tidy!!:)

Wish my maggot was the same! Put a cup of Coca Cola on the table this morning and turned away for two seconds, it was all over her and the table when i turned back around!

She also now sticks her tongue out at me in a very purposeful and cheeky way!

lynski

my 3yr old gave his little sis a kiss before going to bed and went to the kitchen for a drink, as i passed him while taking her to bed he said 'good night i love you' to her but when i leaned her in for a kiss he pushed her away and said 'I already kissed her'. love only goes so far.

metrovelvet

He told me that I am a big elephant.

Sleepy

metrovelvet wrote: »

He told me that I am a big elephant.

If only that line worked as well coming from us dads!

I think we'd (deservedly) get quite a different reaction!

metrovelvet

Sleepy wrote: »

If only that line worked as well coming from us dads!

I think we'd (deservedly) get quite a different reaction!

Well I can think of a rather crude retort to a dad about NOT being anything near to being like a big elephant.

TargetWidow

Molly comes to work with me every Saturday and knows most of the customers as I have said here before. This week she was off creche sick and a particular customer came back and gave her chocolate buttons with which she was delighted. So today, the same customer was in again. Molly started on at me that she wanted to sit on my lap and talk to Petey (the customer). So up she went. She started, "Oh Hi Petey," with the tilted head and fluttering of eyelashes, and then stood close to him at the counter and leaned in to him and whispered (so I couldn't veto the idea) "Petey, I want more chocolate buttons please!". MORTO!

Das Kitty

Smiled for the first time, going to be mega cute when he does it awake!

January

She posted on boards.ie for the first time :O

we'llallhavetea_old

i was rolling around the house today will a pain in my stomach (thought it was a bug) and my little princess sat behind me and rubbed my back. she winded me!

Khannie

adrieanne__x wrote: »

She posted on boards.ie for the first time :O

What now?

RealistSpy

My little super hero is a little under the weather at the moment. When I was on my way to college he ran to me and said I love you in sign language as best has he could. I almost cried! Did I mention he is only 20 months old.

tscul32

A couple of months ago while in the toilets at a shopping centre my just turned 2 yo announced in his extremely loud voice 'mammy, you got no willy!' Cue sniggers from the other stalls. I guess it could have been worse, 'mammy you got a willy' probably wouldn't have generated the same sniggers.

He's now in his 'why' stage. The other day I played along to see how long it would go on for.
Me: we're going to auntie x's
Him: why?
Me: cos we're giving her a lift to grandad's to get her car
Him: why?
Me: cos she left it there last night
Him: why?
Me: cos she was going to the pub
Him: why?
Me: cos it was her friend Y's birthday during the week
Him: why?
Me: cos 30 years ago last thurs Y was born
Him: why?
Me: cos 9 mths earlier Y's parents got it on
Him: Oh.
...and he went off happy

Joey the lips

My child is the most amazing child in the world. Like many of yours I am sure. He does not speak more than 10 words and uses hand signals for everything. The most amazing thing he does is the simplest things. Like for example I went to mass the other day and he sat at the door waiting for me. Or his younger brother kept crying and he gave him his soother.

If you ever have a chance get your hands on the poem "Subh Millis" I have mis spelt it I know. It teaches you a lot. It teaches you to take a totally different view of your kids. I dont always suceed at this but I do try.